Where are the economic historians?

Read Eric Rauchway’s excellent post.  Excerpt:

Economic history might have moved out of history departments for market reasons as well.  If, to pursue economic history, you had to master technical skills that would make you eligible for an appointment in an economics department, you would probably prefer that to an appointment in a history department: economists get paid more because they’re eligible for employment in government and business as well as universities.

Some of the economic historians are coming to George Mason; this year we hired John Nye, Werner Troesken, and Gary Richardson.  New hire Peter Leeson does some economic history as well.  We’ve gone from a minor player in the field to a top department for economic history.

But will they be fun at lunch?